[UPDATE 5:07 p.m.] Accident Blocking 101 Southbound Near Garberville

At approximately 3:11 p.m. A Toyota Sequoia and a Nissan truck struck head-on in the southbound lanes of Hwy 101 near the Garberville offramp. Both southbound lanes are blocked. An ambulance is responding.

UPDATE 5:07 p.m.: The roadway is now clear. The patients have minor injuries, according to the CHP Traffic Incident Information Page.

That’s not what I saw as I passed at 3:25. I saw the Nissan truck smashed in the front and the Sequoia smashed in the driver side doors, t-boned. I told my wife that Sequoia must have been doing a u-turn on the highway. Hope all are well.

That’s exactly what happened. The accident happened in the Northbound lane & because the Sequoia, who was traveling in the “slow” lane was trying to do a U-turn, entered the path of the “fast” lane where the Nissan was. They ended up in the Southbound lanes.

The backstory: Two men of Slavic ethnicity had just bought the car and like idjiots put it in low 4 wheel and when it wouldn’t go over 35mph on the freeway attempted to turn around and got t-boned. Fleeing to protect themselves, well, their visas, they left their girlfriend passed out in the vehicle. Truth.